Sustainable Marine Energy goes on a recruiting spree

August 6, 2015

Sustainable Marine Energy (SME), a UK-based engineering company, is looking for new additions to its team with various job openings.

Based in East Cowe on the Isle of Wight, the company is recruiting suitably experienced, high calibre individuals for the following positions:

Lead Electrical and Control Systems Engineer,
Lead Structural Design Engineer,
Draughtsman,
Lead Mechanical Design Engineer,
Procurement Administrator,
Stores Person,
Project Engineer.

As reported earlier, SME’s PLAT-O tidal energy platform generated first power off the south coast of England. It was deployed at Yarmouth testing site.

Furthermore, SME signed a long term testing contract with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) for the deployment of an array consisting of 5 PLAT-O systems.

The 100 kW PLAT-O prototype will be grid-connected at EMEC towards the end of 2015, with 200 kW commercial demonstrator scheduled for deployment in 2016 that will be followed with the installation of three additional systems.

More information on the job openings can be found here.

Image: EMEC